Monthly archives for July, 2015

I gave some of these a pretty good go and gave up.
We both read The 5 Languages of Love. We are having more important talks around our house after reading it. Lots of folks liked this book given that it has over 5000 reviews on Amazon.
Mary Oliver; short essays on process and observations. I like her descriptions.
This Explains Everything; al [...]

Washing the Feet of Jesus
Soon we go to the lake front
near the marina to listen to
the sailboat splash, the chime
of the lines and rigging
in the masts, and the scree scree
of summer gulls
we will lie back on an old blanket
shuck off our socks,
poke our toes at the sun
There is a cloth, warm water, and appropriate oils
There may be grapes t [...]

The world seems to have fallen
into a mud pit of bickering.
I may have seen some of it
up close. I may have pointed
and shouted. I may have
thrown some mud. I may have
convinced others to throw mud.
There may have been some
shit mixed in.
Lately I find myself moving to
the periphery more often; the
farther away points from the pit.
It’ [...]

I surrender
While the details
of the agreement
may run as long as a
Congressional Bill
full of riders,
special interest loopholes,
and ambiguous language
that lawyers will argue over for years …
I do surrender. I give up.
I’m grinding the edge off my sword
and making of a dull life,
a knife to spread a whole fat love,
churned lo [...]

Listen. Here:
https://soundcloud.com/davidlwhite/i-thought-i-heard-you
I Thought I Heard You
I heard you in my mind.
Your speech was very familiar.
You were saying things
I didn’t want to hear.
It was all very plausible and
probable .. even .. maybe.
And then I thought to
flip it completely around
and you said something
magical and marv [...]

Moment Revisited
Listen here:
https://soundcloud.com/davidlwhite/moment-revisited
…
Moment by moment / the background chatter / softened to white noise
the tick-tock stopped / the room fell away
Still
We held one another / as if there were / nothing else to do
Still
Moment by moment / time melted away and / eternity blossomed
Still
A [...]